After graduating UVA, Mike was a Navy logistics officer for four years before earning an MBA at the University of Michigan. He then consulted on supply chain optimization for Accenture, working with companies like Advance Auto Parts and Nike. It was then that Mike broke from the pack and began his journey into startups; Shurpa is his second venture-backed company to-date.

After graduating with a Journalism degree from the University of Iowa, Ben honed a skill set that would later become vital as an entrepreneur, at some of the state's best publications. Gaining access by building a network, a keen curiosity, deadline execution, and a fierce sense of competition are all things Ben brings from those days to Shurpa. This is his first venture-backed startup.

Brendan launched his first startup while he was still an undergraduate, as part of YCombinator's third batch in Boston. Since then, he has been the first technical hire at several large Silicon Valley startups, including AdRoll and Liftopia. He specializes in rapid prototyping, building iterative and scalable technologies for fast-growing enterprises. This is his third venture-backed startup.